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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Edward and Bella Honeymoon Scene from the 'BreakingDawn - Part 1' Extended Edition
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- Eliz said...
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- January 9, 2013 at 12:30 AM
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Two-time Rolex Junior Player of the Year Ariya Jutanugarn captured her first professional title at the Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco, carding a 14-under-par 270 to win in her fourth Ladies European Tour start.
Jutanugarn held the No. 1 spot in the Polo Golf Rankings from July 2, 2011, until she turned pro following her win at the Polo Golf Junior Classic in November 2012. With eight national junior golf titles since she began competing in the United States in 2009, Jutanugarn was named Rolex Junior Player of the Year in 2011 and 2012, becoming the fifth girl to earn back-to-back honors.
In 2012, she defended titles at the Junior PGA Championship as well as the Rolex Girls Junior Championship, where she set the AJGA girls' 72-hole scoring record at 18-under-par 270, breaking the record she established in 2011.
D.A. Points closed with a 6-under-par 66 to win the Shell Houston Open by one stroke. He finished at 16-under-par 272 for his second PGA TOUR victory.
Points finished in the top 20 in all four AJGA starts during the 1994 season en route to second-team Rolex Junior All-America honors. He finished second at the ClubCorp Junior Championship, tied for fifth at the Natural Resource Partners Bluegrass Junior and finished ninth at the Rolex Tournament of Champions.
After his junior career, Points competed at the University of Illinois where he was an All-American. He recorded a T9 individual finish at the 1999 NCAA Championship before turning professional.

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Fungal Fumes Clear Out Crop PestsBy Jan Suszkiw
February 19, 2010
A cocktail of compounds emitted by the beneficial fungus Muscodor albus may offer a biologically based way to fumigate certain crops and rid them of destructive pests. Thats the indication from Agricultural Research Service (ARS) studies in which scientists pitted Muscodor against potato tuber moths, apple codling moths and Tilletia fungi that cause bunt diseases in wheat.
The scientistsat ARS laboratories in Aberdeen, Idaho; Wapato, Wash., and other locationsconducted separate studies of Muscodor. However, their goal was the same: to learn whether volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released by the fungus could replace or diminish the use of synthetic pesticides.
In field trials conducted since 2007, ARS plant pathologist Blair Goates found that treating wheat seed or the soil with a formulation of Muscodor and ground rye completely prevented common bunt under moderate disease conditions. Caused by the fungus T. tritici, common bunt reduces wheat yields and grain quality. Although chemical fungicide seed treatments have kept common bunt outbreaks to a minimum, alternative controls are worth exploring if the chemicals lose effectiveness or are discontinued, notes Goates, with the ARS Small Grains and Potato Germplasm Research Unit in Aberdeen. Results from this study were published in the Canadian Journal of Microbiology.
At the ARS Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory in Wapato, entomologist Lerry Lacey and colleagues tested Muscodor against potato tuber moths, which damage potato leaves and tubers, and apple codling moths, which feed inside apples. In fumigation chamber tests, 85 to 91 percent of adult codling moths died when exposed to Muscodor fumes, while 62 to 71 percent of larvae died or failed to pupate. In apple storage tests, a 14-day exposure to Muscodor killed 100 percent of cocooned codling moth larvae, which are especially difficult to control.
Lacey and colleagues have also been testing Muscodors effectiveness in biofumigating sealed cartons of apples stored at various temperatures. The results have been encouraging so far, he reports, and there appears to be no adverse effect on the apples color, firmness or other characteristics.
Read more about this research in the February 2010 issue of Agricultural Research magazine.
ARS is the principal intramural scientific research agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The research supports the USDA priority of promoting international food security.


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Chapter XXVI: Progress of The Huns.—Part IV.
One of the most dangerous inconveniences of the introduction of the Barbarians into the army and the palace, was sensibly felt in their correspondence with their hostile countrymen; to whom they imprudently, or maliciously, revealed the weakness of the Roman empire. A soldier, of the lifeguards of Gratian, was of the nation of the Alemanni, and of the tribe of the Lentienses, who dwelt beyond the Lake of Constance. Some domestic business obliged him to request a leave of absence. In a short visit to his family and friends, he was exposed to their curious inquiries: and the vanity of the loquacious soldier tempted him to display his intimate acquaintance with the secrets of the state, and the designs of his master. The intelligence, that Gratian was preparing to lead the military force of Gaul, and of the West, to the assistance of his uncle Valens, pointed out to the restless spirit of the Alemanni the moment, and the mode, of a successful invasion. The enterprise of some light detachments, who, in the month of February, passed the Rhine upon the ice, was the prelude of a more important war. The boldest hopes of rapine, perhaps of conquest, outweighed the considerations of timid prudence, or national faith. Every forest, and every village, poured forth a band of hardy adventurers; and the great army of the Alemanni, which, on their approach, was estimated at forty thousand men by the fears of the people, was afterwards magnified to the number of seventy thousand by the vain and credulous flattery of the Imperial court. The legions, which had been ordered to march into Pannonia, were immediately recalled, or detained, for the defence of Gaul; the military command was divided between Nanienus and Mellobaudes; and the youthful emperor, though he respected the long experience and sober wisdom of the former, was much more inclined to admire, and to follow, the martial ardor of his colleague; who was allowed to unite the incompatible characters of count of the domestics, and of king of the Franks. His rival Priarius, king of the Alemanni, was guided, or rather impelled, by the same headstrong valor; and as their troops were animated by the spirit of their leaders, they met, they saw, they encountered each other, near the town of Argentaria, or Colmar,32703270 The field of battle, Argentaria or Argentovaria, is accurately fixed by M. D'Anville (Notice de l'Ancienne Gaule, p. 96—99) at twenty-three Gallic leagues, or thirty-four and a half Roman miles to the south of Strasburg. From its ruins the adjacent town of Colmar has arisen. Note: It is rather Horburg, on the right bank of the River Ill, opposite to Colmar. From Schoepflin, Alsatia Illustrata. St. Martin, iv. 121.—M. in the plains of Alsace. The glory of the day was justly ascribed to the missile weapons, and well-practised evolutions, of the Roman soldiers; the Alemanni, who long maintained their ground, were slaughtered with unrelenting fury; five thousand only of the Barbarians escaped to the woods and mountains; and the glorious death of their king on the field of battle saved him from the reproaches of the people, who are always disposed to accuse the justice, or policy, of an unsuccessful war. After this signal victory, which secured the peace of Gaul, and asserted the honor of the Roman arms, the emperor Gratian appeared to proceed without delay on his Eastern expedition; but as he approached the confines of the Alemanni, he suddenly inclined to the left, surprised them by his unexpected passage of the Rhine, and boldly advanced into the heart of their country. The Barbarians opposed to his progress the obstacles of nature and of courage; and still continued to retreat, from one hill to another, till they were satisfied, by repeated trials, of the power and perseverance of their enemies. Their submission was accepted as a proof, not indeed of their sincere repentance, but of their actual distress; and a select number of their brave and robust youth was exacted from the faithless nation, as the most substantial pledge of their future moderation. The subjects of the empire, who had so often experienced that the Alemanni could neither be subdued by arms, nor restrained by treaties, might not promise themselves any solid or lasting tranquillity: but they discovered, in the virtues of their young sovereign, the prospect of a long and auspicious reign. When the legions climbed the mountains, and scaled the fortifications of the Barbarians, the valor of Gratian was distinguished in the foremost ranks; and the gilt and variegated armor of his guards was pierced and shattered by the blows which they had received in their constant attachment to the person of their sovereign. At the age of nineteen, the son of Valentinian seemed to possess the talents of peace and war; and his personal success against the Alemanni was interpreted as a sure presage of his Gothic triumphs.32713271 The full and impartial narrative of Ammianus (xxxi. 10) may derive some additional light from the Epitome of Victor, the Chronicle of Jerom, and the History of Orosius, (l. vii. c. 33, p. 552, edit. Havercamp.)
While Gratian deserved and enjoyed the applause of his subjects, the emperor Valens, who, at length, had removed his court and army from Antioch, was received by the people of Constantinople as the author of the public calamity. Before he had reposed himself ten days in the capital, he was urged by the licentious clamors of the Hippodrome to march against the Barbarians, whom he had invited into his dominions; and the citizens, who are always brave at a distance from any real danger, declared, with confidence, that, if they were supplied with arms, they alone would undertake to deliver the province from the ravages of an insulting foe.32723272 Moratus paucissimos dies, seditione popularium levium pulsus Ammian. xxxi. 11. Socrates (l. iv. c. 38) supplies the dates and some circumstances. * Note: Compare fragment of Eunapius. Mai, 272, in Niebuhr, p. 77.—M The vain reproaches of an ignorant multitude hastened the downfall of the Roman empire; they provoked the desperate rashness of Valens; who did not find, either in his reputation or in his mind, any motives to support with firmness the public contempt. He was soon persuaded, by the successful achievements of his lieutenants, to despise the power of the Goths, who, by the diligence of Fritigern, were now collected in the neighborhood of Hadrianople. The march of the Taifalae had been intercepted by the valiant Frigeric: the king of those licentious Barbarians was slain in battle; and the suppliant captives were sent into distant exile to cultivate the lands of Italy, which were assigned for their settlement in the vacant territories of Modena and Parma.32733273 Vivosque omnes circa Mutinam, Regiumque, et Parmam, Italica oppida, rura culturos exterminavit. Ammianus, xxxi. 9. Those cities and districts, about ten years after the colony of the Taifalae, appear in a very desolate state. See Muratori, Dissertazioni sopra le Antichita Italiane, tom. i. Dissertat. xxi. p. 354. The exploits of Sebastian,32743274 Ammian. xxxi. 11. Zosimus, l. iv. p. 228—230. The latter expatiates on the desultory exploits of Sebastian, and despatches, in a few lines, the important battle of Hadrianople. According to the ecclesiastical critics, who hate Sebastian, the praise of Zosimus is disgrace, (Tillemont, Hist. des Empereurs, tom. v. p. 121.) His prejudice and ignorance undoubtedly render him a very questionable judge of merit. who was recently engaged in the service of Valens, and promoted to the rank of master-general of the infantry, were still more honorable to himself, and useful to the republic. He obtained the permission of selecting three hundred soldiers from each of the legions; and this separate detachment soon acquired the spirit of discipline, and the exercise of arms, which were almost forgotten under the reign of Valens. By the vigor and conduct of Sebastian, a large body of the Goths were surprised in their camp; and the immense spoil, which was recovered from their hands, filled the city of Hadrianople, and the adjacent plain. The splendid narratives, which the general transmitted of his own exploits, alarmed the Imperial court by the appearance of superior merit; and though he cautiously insisted on the difficulties of the Gothic war, his valor was praised, his advice was rejected; and Valens, who listened with pride and pleasure to the flattering suggestions of the eunuchs of the palace, was impatient to seize the glory of an easy and assured conquest. His army was strengthened by a numerous reenforcement of veterans; and his march from Constantinople to Hadrianople was conducted with so much military skill, that he prevented the activity of the Barbarians, who designed to occupy the intermediate defiles, and to intercept either the troops themselves, or their convoys of provisions. The camp of Valens, which he pitched under the walls of Hadrianople, was fortified, according to the practice of the Romans, with a ditch and rampart; and a most important council was summoned, to decide the fate of the emperor and of the empire. The party of reason and of delay was strenuously maintained by Victor, who had corrected, by the lessons of experience, the native fierceness of the Sarmatian character; while Sebastian, with the flexible and obsequious eloquence of a courtier, represented every precaution, and every measure, that implied a doubt of immediate victory, as unworthy of the courage and majesty of their invincible monarch. The ruin of Valens was precipitated by the deceitful arts of Fritigern, and the prudent admonitions of the emperor of the West. The advantages of negotiating in the midst of war were perfectly understood by the general of the Barbarians; and a Christian ecclesiastic was despatched, as the holy minister of peace, to penetrate, and to perplex, the councils of the enemy. The misfortunes, as well as the provocations, of the Gothic nation, were forcibly and truly described by their ambassador; who protested, in the name of Fritigern, that he was still disposed to lay down his arms, or to employ them only in the defence of the empire; if he could secure for his wandering countrymen a tranquil settlement on the waste lands of Thrace, and a sufficient allowance of corn and cattle. But he added, in a whisper of confidential friendship, that the exasperated Barbarians were averse to these reasonable conditions; and that Fritigern was doubtful whether he could accomplish the conclusion of the treaty, unless he found himself supported by the presence and terrors of an Imperial army. About the same time, Count Richomer returned from the West to announce the defeat and submission of the Alemanni, to inform Valens that his nephew advanced by rapid marches at the head of the veteran and victorious legions of Gaul, and to request, in the name of Gratian and of the republic, that every dangerous and decisive measure might be suspended, till the junction of the two emperors should insure the success of the Gothic war. But the feeble sovereign of the East was actuated only by the fatal illusions of pride and jealousy. He disdained the importunate advice; he rejected the humiliating aid; he secretly compared the ignominious, at least the inglorious, period of his own reign, with the fame of a beardless youth; and Valens rushed into the field, to erect his imaginary trophy, before the diligence of his colleague could usurp any share of the triumphs of the day.
On the ninth of August, a day which has deserved to be marked among the most inauspicious of the Roman Calendar,32753275 Ammianus (xxxi. 12, 13) almost alone describes the councils and actions which were terminated by the fatal battle of Hadrianople. We might censure the vices of his style, the disorder and perplexity of his narrative: but we must now take leave of this impartial historian; and reproach is silenced by our regret for such an irreparable loss. the emperor Valens, leaving, under a strong guard, his baggage and military treasure, marched from Hadrianople to attack the Goths, who were encamped about twelve miles from the city.32763276 The difference of the eight miles of Ammianus, and the twelve of Idatius, can only embarrass those critics (Valesius ad loc.,) who suppose a great army to be a mathematical point, without space or dimensions. By some mistake of the orders, or some ignorance of the ground, the right wing, or column of cavalry arrived in sight of the enemy, whilst the left was still at a considerable distance; the soldiers were compelled, in the sultry heat of summer, to precipitate their pace; and the line of battle was formed with tedious confusion and irregular delay. The Gothic cavalry had been detached to forage in the adjacent country; and Fritigern still continued to practise his customary arts. He despatched messengers of peace, made proposals, required hostages, and wasted the hours, till the Romans, exposed without shelter to the burning rays of the sun, were exhausted by thirst, hunger, and intolerable fatigue. The emperor was persuaded to send an ambassador to the Gothic camp; the zeal of Richomer, who alone had courage to accept the dangerous commission, was applauded; and the count of the domestics, adorned with the splendid ensigns of his dignity, had proceeded some way in the space between the two armies, when he was suddenly recalled by the alarm of battle. The hasty and imprudent attack was made by Bacurius the Iberian, who commanded a body of archers and targeteers; and as they advanced with rashness, they retreated with loss and disgrace. In the same moment, the flying squadrons of Alatheus and Saphrax, whose return was anxiously expected by the general of the Goths, descended like a whirlwind from the hills, swept across the plain, and added new terrors to the tumultuous, but irresistible charge of the Barbarian host. The event of the battle of Hadrianople, so fatal to Valens and to the empire, may be described in a few words: the Roman cavalry fled; the infantry was abandoned, surrounded, and cut in pieces. The most skilful evolutions, the firmest courage, are scarcely sufficient to extricate a body of foot, encompassed, on an open plain, by superior numbers of horse; but the troops of Valens, oppressed by the weight of the enemy and their own fears, were crowded into a narrow space, where it was impossible for them to extend their ranks, or even to use, with effect, their swords and javelins. In the midst of tumult, of slaughter, and of dismay, the emperor, deserted by his guards and wounded, as it was supposed, with an arrow, sought protection among the Lancearii and the Mattiarii, who still maintained their ground with some appearance of order and firmness. His faithful generals, Trajan and Victor, who perceived his danger, loudly exclaimed that all was lost, unless the person of the emperor could be saved. Some troops, animated by their exhortation, advanced to his relief: they found only a bloody spot, covered with a heap of broken arms and mangled bodies, without being able to discover their unfortunate prince, either among the living or the dead. Their search could not indeed be successful, if there is any truth in the circumstances with which some historians have related the death of the emperor.
By the care of his attendants, Valens was removed from the field of battle to a neighboring cottage, where they attempted to dress his wound, and to provide for his future safety. But this humble retreat was instantly surrounded by the enemy: they tried to force the door, they were provoked by a discharge of arrows from the roof, till at length, impatient of delay, they set fire to a pile of dry magots, and consumed the cottage with the Roman emperor and his train. Valens perished in the flames; and a youth, who dropped from the window, alone escaped, to attest the melancholy tale, and to inform the Goths of the inestimable prize which they had lost by their own rashness. A great number of brave and distinguished officers perished in the battle of Hadrianople, which equalled in the actual loss, and far surpassed in the fatal consequences, the misfortune which Rome had formerly sustained in the fields of Cannae.32773277 Nec ulla annalibus, praeter Cannensem pugnam, ita ad internecionem res legitur gesta. Ammian. xxxi. 13. According to the grave Polybius, no more than 370 horse, and 3,000 foot, escaped from the field of Cannae: 10,000 were made prisoners; and the number of the slain amounted to 5,630 horse, and 70,000 foot, (Polyb. l. iii. p 371, edit. Casaubon, 8vo.) Livy (xxii. 49) is somewhat less bloody: he slaughters only 2,700 horse, and 40,000 foot. The Roman army was supposed to consist of 87,200 effective men, (xxii. 36.) Two master-generals of the cavalry and infantry, two great officers of the palace, and thirty-five tribunes, were found among the slain; and the death of Sebastian might satisfy the world, that he was the victim, as well as the author, of the public calamity. Above two thirds of the Roman army were destroyed: and the darkness of the night was esteemed a very favorable circumstance, as it served to conceal the flight of the multitude, and to protect the more orderly retreat of Victor and Richomer, who alone, amidst the general consternation, maintained the advantage of calm courage and regular discipline.32783278 We have gained some faint light from Jerom, (tom. i. p. 26 and in Chron. p. 188,) Victor, (in Epitome,) Orosius, (l. vii. c. 33, p. 554,) Jornandes, (c. 27,) Zosimus, (l. iv. p. 230,) Socrates, (l. iv. c. 38,) Sozomen, (l. vi. c. 40,) Idatius, (in Chron.) But their united evidence, if weighed against Ammianus alone, is light and unsubstantial.
While the impressions of grief and terror were still recent in the minds of men, the most celebrated rhetorician of the age composed the funeral oration of a vanquished army, and of an unpopular prince, whose throne was already occupied by a stranger. "There are not wanting," says the candid Libanius, "those who arraign the prudence of the emperor, or who impute the public misfortune to the want of courage and discipline in the troops. For my own part, I reverence the memory of their former exploits: I reverence the glorious death, which they bravely received, standing, and fighting in their ranks: I reverence the field of battle, stained with their blood, and the blood of the Barbarians. Those honorable marks have been already washed away by the rains; but the lofty monuments of their bones, the bones of generals, of centurions, and of valiant warriors, claim a longer period of duration. The king himself fought and fell in the foremost ranks of the battle. His attendants presented him with the fleetest horses of the Imperial stable, that would soon have carried him beyond the pursuit of the enemy. They vainly pressed him to reserve his important life for the future service of the republic. He still declared that he was unworthy to survive so many of the bravest and most faithful of his subjects; and the monarch was nobly buried under a mountain of the slain. Let none, therefore, presume to ascribe the victory of the Barbarians to the fear, the weakness, or the imprudence, of the Roman troops. The chiefs and the soldiers were animated by the virtue of their ancestors, whom they equalled in discipline and the arts of war. Their generous emulation was supported by the love of glory, which prompted them to contend at the same time with heat and thirst, with fire and the sword; and cheerfully to embrace an honorable death, as their refuge against flight and infamy. The indignation of the gods has been the only cause of the success of our enemies." The truth of history may disclaim some parts of this panegyric, which cannot strictly be reconciled with the character of Valens, or the circumstances of the battle: but the fairest commendation is due to the eloquence, and still more to the generosity, of the sophist of Antioch.32793279 Libanius de ulciscend. Julian. nece, c. 3, in Fabricius, Bibliot Graec. tom. vii. p. 146—148.
The pride of the Goths was elated by this memorable victory; but their avarice was disappointed by the mortifying discovery, that the richest part of the Imperial spoil had been within the walls of Hadrianople. They hastened to possess the reward of their valor; but they were encountered by the remains of a vanquished army, with an intrepid resolution, which was the effect of their despair, and the only hope of their safety. The walls of the city, and the ramparts of the adjacent camp, were lined with military engines, that threw stones of an enormous weight; and astonished the ignorant Barbarians by the noise, and velocity, still more than by the real effects, of the discharge. The soldiers, the citizens, the provincials, the domestics of the palace, were united in the danger, and in the defence: the furious assault of the Goths was repulsed; their secret arts of treachery and treason were discovered; and, after an obstinate conflict of many hours, they retired to their tents; convinced, by experience, that it would be far more advisable to observe the treaty, which their sagacious leader had tacitly stipulated with the fortifications of great and populous cities. After the hasty and impolitic massacre of three hundred deserters, an act of justice extremely useful to the discipline of the Roman armies, the Goths indignantly raised the siege of Hadrianople. The scene of war and tumult was instantly converted into a silent solitude: the multitude suddenly disappeared; the secret paths of the woods and mountains were marked with the footsteps of the trembling fugitives, who sought a refuge in the distant cities of Illyricum and Macedonia; and the faithful officers of the household, and the treasury, cautiously proceeded in search of the emperor, of whose death they were still ignorant. The tide of the Gothic inundation rolled from the walls of Hadrianople to the suburbs of Constantinople. The Barbarians were surprised with the splendid appearance of the capital of the East, the height and extent of the walls, the myriads of wealthy and affrighted citizens who crowded the ramparts, and the various prospect of the sea and land. While they gazed with hopeless desire on the inaccessible beauties of Constantinople, a sally was made from one of the gates by a party of Saracens,32803280 Valens had gained, or rather purchased, the friendship of the Saracens, whose vexatious inroads were felt on the borders of Phoenicia, Palestine, and Egypt. The Christian faith had been lately introduced among a people, reserved, in a future age, to propagate another religion, (Tillemont, Hist. des Empereurs, tom. v. p. 104, 106, 141. Mem. Eccles. tom. vii. p. 593.) who had been fortunately engaged in the service of Valens. The cavalry of Scythia was forced to yield to the admirable swiftness and spirit of the Arabian horses: their riders were skilled in the evolutions of irregular war; and the Northern Barbarians were astonished and dismayed, by the inhuman ferocity of the Barbarians of the South.
A Gothic soldier was slain by the dagger of an Arab; and the hairy, naked savage, applying his lips to the wound, expressed a horrid delight, while he sucked the blood of his vanquished enemy.32813281 Crinitus quidam, nudus omnia praeter pubem, subraunum et ugubre strepens. Ammian. xxxi. 16, and Vales. ad loc. The Arabs often fought naked; a custom which may be ascribed to their sultry climate, and ostentatious bravery. The description of this unknown savage is the lively portrait of Derar, a name so dreadful to the Christians of Syria. See Ockley's Hist. of the Saracens, vol. i. p. 72, 84, 87. The army of the Goths, laden with the spoils of the wealthy suburbs and the adjacent territory, slowly moved, from the Bosphorus, to the mountains which form the western boundary of Thrace. The important pass of Succi was betrayed by the fear, or the misconduct, of Maurus; and the Barbarians, who no longer had any resistance to apprehend from the scattered and vanquished troops of the East, spread themselves over the face of a fertile and cultivated country, as far as the confines of Italy and the Hadriatic Sea.32823282 The series of events may still be traced in the last pages of Ammianus, (xxxi. 15, 16.) Zosimus, (l. iv. p. 227, 231,) whom we are now reduced to cherish, misplaces the sally of the Arabs before the death of Valens. Eunapius (in Excerpt. Legat. p. 20) praises the fertility of Thrace, Macedonia, &c.
The Romans, who so coolly, and so concisely, mention the acts of justice which were exercised by the legions,32833283 Observe with how much indifference Caesar relates, in the Commentaries of the Gallic war, that he put to death the whole senate of the Veneti, who had yielded to his mercy, (iii. 16;) that he labored to extirpate the whole nation of the Eburones, (vi. 31;) that forty thousand persons were massacred at Bourges by the just revenge of his soldiers, who spared neither age nor sex, (vii. 27,) &c. reserve their compassion, and their eloquence, for their own sufferings, when the provinces were invaded, and desolated, by the arms of the successful Barbarians. The simple circumstantial narrative (did such a narrative exist) of the ruin of a single town, of the misfortunes of a single family,32843284 Such are the accounts of the sack of Magdeburgh, by the ecclesiastic and the fisherman, which Mr. Harte has transcribed, (Hist. of Gustavus Adolphus, vol. i. p. 313—320,) with some apprehension of violating the dignity of history. might exhibit an interesting and instructive picture of human manners: but the tedious repetition of vague and declamatory complaints would fatigue the attention of the most patient reader. The same censure may be applied, though not perhaps in an equal degree, to the profane, and the ecclesiastical, writers of this unhappy period; that their minds were inflamed by popular and religious animosity; and that the true size and color of every object is falsified by the exaggerations of their corrupt eloquence. The vehement Jerom32853285 Et vastatis urbibus, hominibusque interfectis, solitudinem et raritatem bestiarum quoque fieri, et volatilium, pisciumque: testis Illyricum est, testis Thracia, testis in quo ortus sum solum, (Pannonia;) ubi praeter coelum et terram, et crescentes vepres, et condensa sylvarum cuncta perierunt. Tom. vii. p. 250, l, Cap. Sophonias and tom. i. p. 26. might justly deplore the calamities inflicted by the Goths, and their barbarous allies, on his native country of Pannonia, and the wide extent of the provinces, from the walls of Constantinople to the foot of the Julian Alps; the rapes, the massacres, the conflagrations; and, above all, the profanation of the churches, that were turned into stables, and the contemptuous treatment of the relics of holy martyrs. But the Saint is surely transported beyond the limits of nature and history, when he affirms, "that, in those desert countries, nothing was left except the sky and the earth; that, after the destruction of the cities, and the extirpation of the human race, the land was overgrown with thick forests and inextricable brambles; and that the universal desolation, announced by the prophet Zephaniah, was accomplished, in the scarcity of the beasts, the birds, and even of the fish." These complaints were pronounced about twenty years after the death of Valens; and the Illyrian provinces, which were constantly exposed to the invasion and passage of the Barbarians, still continued, after a calamitous period of ten centuries, to supply new materials for rapine and destruction. Could it even be supposed, that a large tract of country had been left without cultivation and without inhabitants, the consequences might not have been so fatal to the inferior productions of animated nature. The useful and feeble animals, which are nourished by the hand of man, might suffer and perish, if they were deprived of his protection; but the beasts of the forest, his enemies or his victims, would multiply in the free and undisturbed possession of their solitary domain. The various tribes that people the air, or the waters, are still less connected with the fate of the human species; and it is highly probable that the fish of the Danube would have felt more terror and distress, from the approach of a voracious pike, than from the hostile inroad of a Gothic army.
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The west London airport, which is opening a new £2.3 billion Terminal 2 in June, came 10th in a table compiled by UK-based airline and airport review organisation Skytrax.
A total of 12.85 million airport customers across 110 countries had to decide which of 410 airports would make the final list.
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text: Aston Martin Racing News Tags AMOC Awards Brand Extension Centenary Corporate Dealers Events Films Gaydon GTE Heritage le mans Licensees Models Motor Shows Nürburgring Partnerships People Promotion Q by Aston Martin Racing Social Media Videos Aston Martin GT4 Challenge Readies for Launch at Watkins Glen Published: May 16, 2014 Tags: Partnerships, Racing by Pete Norwood The inaugural round of the new Aston Martin GT4 Challenge of North America takes place this weekend at Watkins Glen International, New York - operated by Aston Martin motorsport partners, TRG-AMR. Irvine, CA, 16 May 2014 - The inaugural round of the new Aston Martin GT4 Challenge of North America takes place this weekend at Watkins Glen International, New York - operated by Aston Martin motorsport partners, TRG-AMR. The Aston Martin GT4 Challenge of North America is a seven-event, multi-round series that competes on some of the finest road courses in North America with entrants set to race the Vantage GT4 race car – derived from Aston Martin's V8 Vantage road car. Comprising seven events in total, the competition moves to Virginia International Raceway next month for its second race before making a first appearance in Canada at the Circuit Mont-Tremblant in Quebec in July. In a starting grid comprising customers and enthusiasts from across the Americas, aspiring competitors will drive the V8-powered, road car-based Aston Martin Vantage GT4 race car on the 3.4-mile road course at Watkins Glen. Entrants will be present in Vantage GT4s they have purchased or leased through TRG-AMR who offer comprehensive leasing and testing arrangements on a race-by-race or seasonal basis. TRG-AMR formed a new partnership in late 2012 with the aim of bringing Aston Martin race cars to all of the major sports car racing series' in the United States. California-based The Racers Group (TRG) has a legacy of motorsport success that dates back to the 1990's with extraordinary wins and championships that include the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona (four times, once overall), the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Petit Le Mans and two Grand-Am championships amongst a host of podium finishes. The Aston Martin GT4 race car is based on the critically-acclaimed V8 Vantage Coupe, with a bespoke 4.7 litre V8 engine producing 420bhp and 346lb.ft of torque. The advanced body structure of the V8 Vantage is the key to its superb handling and responsiveness making it a class-leading chassis for race car transition. This road to race car lineage was further expanded last month with the launch of the new Vantage GT road car at the New York International Auto Show, which celebrates Aston Martin's sporting heritage and motorsport success, drawing direct inspiration from the Vantage GT4 race car. Qualifying for the first round of the Aston Martin GT4 Challenge takes place on Saturday (17 May) before a second qualifying session and subsequent race on Sunday (18 May). Full Aston Martin GT4 Challenge Calendar: • May 16-18: Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY • Jun 6-8: Virginia International Raceway, Alton, VA • Jul 25-27: Circuit Mont-Tremblant, Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada • Aug 29-31: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, CA • Sep 12-14: Monticello Motor Club, Monticello, NY • Oct 10-12: Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI • Nov 21-23: Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, FL Back to all news items Share Facebook Twitter Google Plus Linked In Downloads Languages This article is available in the following languages: - English Cars Teams Series Partners History News Contact


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Ho ho ho! Look what the spy-photo Santa has left under the tree! Is that the 2011 Audi RS5? I think it is! Have you been a good little Internet? Would you like to see it? I bet you would!
The Geneva Auto Salon doesn't officially open until tomorrow, but these shots of the Audi stand recently appeared on Quattroholic. 4.2 liters, eight cylinders, 317 lb-ft, and 450 hp. Red, we like you.
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Kenosha family's dog shot, killed
Vet says dog shot in heart, possibly by rifle
A Kenosha family's Labrador died after being shot in its own yard.
Kenosha police said they're looking for the person responsible for shooting and killing the dog as its owners were hanging Christmas lights nearby in their front yard Sunday.
"My dog was on my property, in front of my house when he got shot," Elsa Laluz said. "I didn't see anything. I didn't hear anything. If it wasn't my dog, it could have been me or my husband."
Laluz and her husband had gone outside Sunday afternoon to start hanging their Christmas lights and let Jordan the chocolate Lab come outside to be with them in the front yard. She said less than five minutes went by and she noticed something was wrong.
"He was coming toward me and he was gasping for air, and that's when I realized he had blood coming out of his mouth, and he collapsed right in front of my doorway," Laluz said.
She said she realized Jordan had been shot but said she never saw anyone walk or drive by.
Laluz said the dog was not running around the neighborhood bothering anybody. She said he did not have a leash on, but because he was in their front yard, they didn't feel the need to put one on him.
"He was a beautiful chocolate lab, a friendly dog," she said.
Laluz said she and her family rescued Jordan from a shelter several years ago, and they've never had any problems with the dog.
The veterinarian said the dog was shot in the heart, possibly by a rifle. Kenosha police said they do not know of a motive for the dog's killing.


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Leaving can be one of the most dangerous times in an abusive relationship, and there are countless reasons that victims are unable to leave. The question "Why don't you just leave?" places blame on the victim and undermines the difficult, complicated nature of leaving abuse. To help address this, we've adapted Sarah M. Buel's "Fifty Obstacles to Leaving, a.k.a., Why Abuse Victims Stay."
This week we're making our way through this list in hopes of illuminating the barriers that often prevent someone from getting out of an abusive relationship. Today we're taking a closer look at ten more obstacles.
31. Mentally or Developmentally Challenged Victims: These victims are particularly vulnerable to the batterer's manipulation and are likely to be dependent on the batterer for basic survival.
32. Military: If the victim or the perpetrator is in the military, an effective intervention is largely dependent on the commander's response. Many commanders believe that it is more important to salvage the soldier's military career than to ensure the victim's safety.
33. No Place to Go: Victims can't find affordable housing or there is no shelter space.
34. No Job Skills: Victims without job skills usually have no choice but to work for employers paying minimum wage, with few, if any, medical and other benefits.
35. No Knowledge of Options: Victims without knowledge of the options and resources logically assume that none exist.
36. Past Criminal Record: Victims with a past criminal record are often still on probation or parole, making them vulnerable to the batterer's threats to comply with all of their demands or be sent back to prison.
37. Previously Abused Victims: Sometimes previously abused victims believe the batterer's accusation, "See, this is what you drive your partners to do to you!"
38. Prior Negative Court Experiences: Victims don't believe that they will be given the respect and safety considerations that they need in court.
39. Promises of Change: The batterer's promises of change may be easy to believe because they sound sincere. Victims are socialized to be forgiving.
40. Religious Beliefs: Beliefs may lead victims to think they have to tolerate the abuse to show their adherence to the faith.


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The cake serves approximately 12 people (excluding the front of the igloo).
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Igloo Cake with Gum Paste Penguins
The cake serves approximately 12 people (excluding the front of the igloo).
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Last summer, Disney halted The Lone Ranger until the production was willing to reduce the budget from $250 million to $215 million. After removing sequences and principal players Johnny Depp, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, and director Gore Verbinski agreed to rework their deals (less salary up front, more on the back-end), the trio reached the $215 million budget, and Disney gave the movie a green light. So naturally, the production has ballooned back up to $250 million if not more.
Hit the jump for more on what ails The Lone Ranger, which also stars Armie Hammer, Tom Wilkinson, William Fichtner, Barry Pepper, James Badge Dale, Ruth Wilson, and Helena Bonham Carter. The film is due out July 3, 2013.
According to THR, the film "is not only running days or possibly weeks behind its 120-day shooting schedule, it's also over its revised budget." Running behind schedule isn't entirely the fault of the production, as there have been "severe weather disruptions, including wind and dust storms that damaged the pricey set." However, Verbinski still knows how to drive up a price tag, and sources say that rather than refitting existing train cars, the director decided to construct his own period trains, which are reportedly a huge element in the film.
I'm sure Disney is already having flashbacks to John Carter even though The Lone Ranger has Depp as the lead (although Dark Shadows' box office proves he's not as invulnerable as he once was). Rewrites are currently underway to combat the rising budget, and new Disney head Alan Horn (his predecessor Rich Ross gave the project a green light) will have to figure out how to proceed on his first big challenge as the company's new Chairman. With John Carter, the studio eventually hit a tipping point where they felt they couldn't pull the plug or replace director Andrew Stanton. Disney is unlikely to yank Verbinski especially since he has the support of Depp (who wouldn't make the movie without his Pirates of the Caribbean and Rango director), they studio doesn't want another movie where the only thing any industry reporter can talk about is the price tag to the neglect of the film's actual quality.
The only upside for Disney is that those who have seen some footage say "Verbinski has a chance to do for Westerns what he did for pirate movies — make the genre popular internationally." He also has the same tough sale ahead of him. Back in 2003, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl had to overcome the stigma of being based on an amusement park ride. It became a hit based not only on the marketing, but on strong word of mouth. It's going to take that same combination to help a movie based on a 1950s serial western.


text: The WWDC 2012 Keynote where Apple introduced a new line of Macbooks, OS X Mountain Lion and of course, iOS 6, has been posted online where you can watch it in its entirety. The video is nearly 2 hours long, so get ready to use the scrubber if you don't think you can sit through it all. And for those of you interested in the awesome new Maps Apple will be implementing in iOS 6, jump ahead to the 98:50 mark to check out some of its cool features. The Keynote video can be found on Apple's website in the Apple Events section. Do note that if you're watching on a PC, you'll need Quicktime installed.


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Nicholls State University students will pay $1,000 more in tuition and fees next year, the fourth year in a row the school's price has gone up.
Nicholls State University students will pay $1,000 more in tuition and fees next year, the fourth year in a row the school's price has gone up.
Nicholls earned approval to increase tuition by meeting performance goals in the LA GRAD Act, a 2010 law that allows schools to raise tuition by 10 percent in exchange for increased graduation rates and other improvements.
Nicholls met those performance requirements, so the school received permission to raise tuition by $474 a year.
Meanwhile, the school will raise fees by $526 a year, according to the school's finance department.
The school added a $182 student activities fee and a $156 recreation center operating fee, both of which were voted on and approved by the student body.
Finally, the school reinstated a $168 energy surcharge fee and a $20 increase in the student union fee.
All of this means the price of a year at Nicholls will jump from $4,736.70 in 2011-12 to $5,736.70 in the fall.
School administrators statewide said the tuition increases are necessary because the state keeps slashing higher education budgets, using tuition to fill some of the gap.
Louisiana has historically kept public tuition low. Before LA GRAD, public colleges and universities couldn't significantly raise tuition without a two-thirds vote of the Legislature.
Budget pressures, however, have led state policymakers to lean more heavily on tuition as a way to fill fiscal holes. When the state hands down its budget for higher education every year, that budget counts increases in tuition authority as state money for colleges.
Nicholls administrators point out that tuition at the school is still much lower than the more than $8,000 a year for most schools nationally, according to the College Board.
All but two Louisiana schools are set to increase tuition this year — LSU-Eunice and Southern University-Shreveport didn't meet the LA GRAD standards, according to a release by the Board of Regents.
Local residents voiced concern on Facebook over the continuing jumps in tuition.
"Aren't tuition rates high enough already? That's why many don't go to college in the first place, because money is an issue," wrote Dawn Monroe. "They just make it harder and harder for some to get the education they want."
Many parents worry they won't be able to send their kids to college if things keep getting more expensive.
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Others' reactions were more visceral.
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What's all the Buzz about? No, I'm not referring to the Olympics, an uptick in the economy or even springtime bees. Google ...
What's all the Buzz about? No, I'm not referring to the Olympics, an uptick in the economy or even springtime bees. Google has a new social network service called Buzz. What makes this a bit different is the linkage with Gmail and other Google products. The Internet is full of analysis of Buzz -v- Facebook, so I won't go there.
I haven't tried the product yet, although I have seen it pop up within my personal Gmail account. In fact, I wasn't even going to blog about this topic, until some interesting developments around privacy emerged last week. My view is that state and local IT officials can learn from this rollout.
To get an initial sense of the issues, read this USA Today article. Here's an excerpt:
"Buzz lets Gmail subscribers create profiles, like Facebook , and send Internet-wide blog postings, like Twitter. One issue of concern is a feature called "auto follow" that automatically sets up people you e-mail and chat with the most as followers of your Buzz postings."
The central questions revolve around "opt-in" versus "opt-out" features. That is, what happens automatically? Does everyone who has a Gmail account instantly start getting Buzz updates on their friend's lives? For users who may mix work and family contacts, will they start seeing pictures of work colleagues on vacation?
More than that, what becomes searchable online? I am not taking any sides on these questions, only pointing out the potential good and not so good potential outcomes.
So why should state and local technology professionals care? Besides the implications on personal accounts, I think this trend has several implications for us. Here are a few things to consider:
1) Several governments have implemented (or are considering) Google's email and other office applications. How will Buzz fit into that strategy (on not)? This could be a good thing or a problem.
2) For all of us, social networking continues to grow. There are still those who have policies that say "ban social networks" like MySpace and Facebook at the office. This is not going to last in the long run. We need to manage the situation both now and in the future with policies and enforcement. Practically speaking, some may be blocking Facebook but allowing personal Gmail accounts. That distinction just got more blurry. Check those filters.
3) Examine the privacy implications for using this Buzz service at home and work. What are your settings? Should sharing certain information be turned off?
4) Lastly (for now), we can learn from the reaction of Google in rolling out Buzz. As we roll out Intranet and Internet portals, internal social networking sites, or other apps, we need to make sure that we understand how these apps link together (or not) from an "opt-in" perspective. Don't assume that users will like all of these automatic connections. While some people will certainly benefit and like the additional functionality, we need to address the cultural issues surrounding perceived (and real) privacy and security changes.
Meanwhile, I'm going to get my hands dirty find out what all the Buzz is about (for myself).
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I promised that once I got settled I'd share some pictures. So I'm excited to show you some snapshots of where I work and live. When I decided to move from my last place, I hunted and hunted for someplace new that was flooded with bright light and I'm so lucky to have found this space. For the very first time, I have truly separate spaces for my office and for my sewing studio. And I have to tell you, I feel really, really lucky and I just love it here. So welcome to my space!
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The other side of my sewing room. And just in case you weren't paying very close attention...New cats! :) I went to the animal shelter for one and of course came home with two. They've quickly become best buddies and I awake each day with a pile of cats by my feet. So wish a warm welcome to Dexter (the little orange guy) and Fiona (also known as Cow Spot).


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While Congress recently avoided a government shutdown by allowing the federal government to keep borrowing until March 15, 2015, five looming fundamental fiscal issues still remain unresolved, says Andy Friedman of The Washington Update.
In his Tuesday commentary, Friedman says that while Congress hastily passed legislation before leaving for the Presidents Day holiday allowing the government to borrow funds through March 15, 2015, coupled with the agreement reached last December to fund the government through Sept. 30, 2015, these actions failed to address other fiscal areas of concern.
"Some believe that the Republican agreement to extend the borrowing authority without a corresponding concession from the Democrats marks the end of the budget battles going forward," Friedman said. "That is not my view, however."
Although the fiscal battles "will be quiescent this year, by the time next year that the debt ceiling has to be raised and the government funded again, a new class of House Republicans – likely fortified by new Tea Party members – presumably will want to take up the cudgel again to fight for fiscal restraint."
Friedman says the first unresolved fiscal issue is bringing in additional tax revenue or closing tax loopholes through comprehensive tax reform.
But Friedman doesn't see tax reform moving ahead this year. "Tax reform remains on the [congressional] agenda, but there has been no groundswell in Congress or encouragement from the administration to move forward in a serious way."
While the Senate seems to agree with this notion, the House is reluctant to acknowledge the lack of momentum surrounding tax reform, Friedman says. Once the House embraces the idea of no comprehensive tax reform, Congress is likely to move a tax extenders bill later this year, he adds.
Indeed, the new chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., told Bloomberg that his priority as chairman was to get tax credits and deductions extended, as he believes there is little chance of broad tax reform in the near future.
One of the extenders is the IRA/charitable contribution provision that permits qualifying individuals to make tax-free annual contributions of up to $100,000 from their IRA to charity. Friedman notes that individuals who hope to take advantage of the IRA/charitable contribution provision in 2014 "should hold off taking required minimum distributions until later in the year when we know whether the extenders bill will pass."
The second fiscal issue left untouched is the growth of entitlement spending. Friedman cites a new Congressional Budget Office report from February, The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2014 to 2024, which he says makes clear that mandatory spending on entitlements such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid as well as interest payments on the federal debt continue to compose almost two-thirds of all U.S. spending.
"And that percentage will increase as the baby boomers age, the costs of Obamacare begin to accrue, and (at some point) interest rates rise," Friedman said. "Indeed, the rate of increase is a considerable concern; the CBO estimates mandatory spending to grow at a rate in excess of 7% annually – double the projected growth rate of the economy."
Friedman also cites three other areas that the debt limit compromise failed to address:
Meaningfully reduce the deficit: The compromise did not reduce the near- or intermediate-term federal deficit beyond the sequestration spending cuts approved in 2011.
Change the trajectory or amount of outstanding federal debt: Outstanding debt continues to climb inexorably as the United States borrows more money each year to cover that year's deficit. Debt as a percent of GDP does fall for a few years due to the sequestration cuts, but then that measure too rises as the increased entitlement costs kick in.
Replace the bulk of the sequester cuts: The indiscriminate across-the-board cuts to discretionary spending are unpopular with both parties, yet the compromise does little to replace them.


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The problem is that it works only for the "General Guidelines for All Articles" textarea ('comments') and not for the 2 other fields: "Subject" + "Keywords/Comments" ('articlenames' + 'articlekeywords')Code:$articleDetails['comments'] = stripslashes($_POST['comments']); $articleDetails['articlenames'] = stripslashes($_POST['articlename']); $articleDetails['articlekeywords'] = stripslashes($_POST['articlekeyword']);


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First Primetime Emmy Awarded to NBC.com For Outstanding Achievement in Interactive Media
BURBANK, Calif. - September 15, 2008 - NBC.com took home its first Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Interactive Media for the "Heroes" and "Heroes" Evolutions sites. The site had four total nominations. It was announced at the Creative Arts ceremony in Los Angeles on Saturday, September 13th.
"We couldn't have done this without the incredible teams involved," said Vivi Zigler, President, NBC Universal Digital Entertainment. "From the creators and producers of 'Heroes' and our incredibly supportive colleagues at Universal Media Studios to all of the team members at NBC.com, everyone involved really got behind the project to give our fans the very best entertainment experience."
The other Primetime Emmy nominations this year included "Friday Night Lights" Spotlight on Austin, Jay Leno's Garage and "30 Rock": Kenneth the Web Page. NBC.com has received a number of awards for its digital entertainment experiences: the aforementioned Primetime Emmy for "Heroes" and "Heroes Evolutions," a Daytime Emmy Award for "The Office" webisodes, four Webby Awards and eight Honoree Recognitions, six TV Guide Online Video Awards and five Promax Awards.
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The Columbus Crew aren't planning on moving any forwards, technical director Brian Bliss told MLSsoccer.com on Tuesday, even though Federico Higuaín has been added to the already crowded position. But that could change with the right offer.
"We're not out there actively seeking anything," Bliss said, "but if there's something that makes sense for the club that's going to help us in the future, I think we're going to be open to it."
The trade deadline and roster freeze is Sept. 14 and the Crew should know by then how well Higuaín (above), the Argentine signed last Friday as a Designated Player, fits into the system. He is expected to be eligible for either the Aug. 11 match vs. Toronto FC or four days later against the LA Galaxy.
Columbus head coach Robert Warzycha knows there's an excess of potential forward partners for Higuaín and is not ruling anybody out.
"We don't have the combinations between two forwards," Warzycha said. "That's what we're looking for to be successful."
Prior to the season, Emilio Rentería was projected to be one of the strikers to replace former DP Andrés Mendoza, who had 13 goals but was released. Rentería had eight goals in 18 games in 2011 but has struggled with two in 16 matches.
"If Emilio finished his chances, he'd probably have 20 goals right now," Warzycha said.
Rentería may have lost his job to Jairo Arrieta, the Costa Rican who in only his third match Saturday at Sporting Kansas City scored his first two goals and was named MLS Player of the Week.
The impending arrival of Higuaín could also knock Olman Vargas, a teammate of Arrieta on the national team, further down the depth chart.
Vargas was a highly publicized acquisition in January but his only goal was in the second game of the season and he hasn't started in nine matches while unheralded rookie Aaron Schoenfeld has gotten more minutes than him lately.
"It's competition," Warzycha said. "There was competition between him and Emilio and then Arrieta and Schoenfeld. Whoever holds the ball, whoever helps the team and creates more chances is going to play. It's as simple as that."
Others who are considered forwards but can also play in the midfield are Ethan Finlay, Justin Meram and Homegrown Players Aaron Horton and Ben Speas. Midfielders Eddie Gaven and Milovan Mirosevic have been used up top as well and forward Tommy Heinemann (knee) is out for the season.
"We've got a glut of forwards," Bliss said. "We're not actively looking to move these guys but if somebody would [be] looking at our roster and say, 'You guys have got a glut, would you be interested in X,Y, Z?' we're going to look at it for sure."
Bliss said that because of salary cap constraints any deal would likely be for draft picks and/or cash.
Warzycha is amenable to more moves.
"We'd do anything to improve the team," he said. "That's why we're here. That's what the fans want us to do."


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A fight outside a Cinco Ranch grocery on Wednesday sent a man to the hospital with a gunshot wound, Fort Bend County sheriff's officials said.
The fight erupted about 6:15 p.m. in the parking lot of an H-E-B store along Fry at the Grand Parkway.
Authorities said one man pulled out a gun and opened fire at another, striking him in the abdomen.
He was taken to an area hospital. His condition wasn't known later Wednesday but his wounds weren't considered life-threatening, authorities said.
The gunman fled. Authorities did not have a detailed description of him or information about what sparked the confrontation. The victm has not been identified.


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Alan Wong's Restaurant, Hawaii
Alan Wong's is, perhaps, the best place to eat in Honolulu and one of the best restaurants in all of Hawaii to sample local fare. In a state that imports much of its food, about two-thirds of what master chef Alan Wong serves originates in Hawaii.
Wong's love for what is native to Hawaii even extends to cigars. He champions cigars from a tobacco farm on the nearby island of Kauai—unexpected in Hawaii—that grew out of a coffee farm. It's not legal to light them up in the restaurant, but you can buy them and take them with you to savor another time as a memory of a wonderful evening.
More about those smokes later. What comes first is the food.
You can't tell from the outside of the restaurant what awaits you inside. Alan Wong is on the third floor of a small office building on a block about a 10 minute taxi ride from Waikiki. A receptionist greets you in the tiny lobby and sends you upstairs via elevator to a lively and cheerful room with spot lighting, yellow and brown wood accents, floral photos, an open kitchen with counter and chairs and comfortably separated tables. Service is fine-restaurant perfection, minus pretension—this is Honolulu, and the spirit of aloha prevails.
You might start with nori-wrapped tempura ahi: sushi-grade tuna, cut in thin circles, perfectly raw on the inside, cooked and breaded ever so slightly on the outside with a gently spicy tomato ginger relish and a soy mustard sauce.
Or try Wong's signature appetizer, "Da Bag." The dish includes steamed clams, locally grown shredded kalua pig, shiitake mushrooms and broth steamed in a foil bag that expands like a balloon and is pierced for you at the table. It gives richness and flavor a new meaning.
Mains include two more Wong signatures: Ginger-crusted onaga (longtail red snapper) with miso sesame vinaigrette, organic Hamakua mushroom and corn. The corn is juicy and sweet, the mushrooms distinctive and earthy, and the fish impeccably prepared in its spicy sauce.
Speaking of spicy and sweet, the other specialty is twice-cooked short rib, soy braised and grilled, with gingered shrimp. The sumptuous rib, robustly flavored, seemingly melts the moment it leaves the fork.
The wine list is extensive and multinational, with reasonably priced choices. Flights are a focus, including three three-ounce glasses of Riesling for $22: a 2007 Betts & Scholl from Eden Valley, Australia; a 2007 Gunderloch "Jean-Baptiste" Kabinett, Rheinheissen, Germany; and a 2007 Leitz "Rudesheimer Magdalenenkreuz" Spatlese, Rheingau.
Desserts are rich and copious, and there's a large selection of premium Hawaiian (of course) coffees.
Which leads us back to those Hawaiian cigars.
The brand is Island Prince, manufactured by the Kauai Cigar Co. The tobacco is grown, logically enough, on the island of Kauai. The owners of the Blair Estate coffee farm, in business for more than a decade, decided to invest in tobacco growing. They say in their brochure that they grow using Cuban seeds then harvest and cure the tobacco on the island. It is then sent to Nicaragua where it is fermented for four to six weeks, handrolled and shipped back to Kauai.
The cigars, which come in light and dark varieties, are said to be made from 100 percent Kauai filler. The Light is made with a Connecticut-seed wrapper grown in Ecuador; it's a medium-bodied smoke. The dark (my preference), more full-bodied and complex, has Maduro leaf wrapper from Habano 2000 seed grown in Nicaragua. Both come in 50-ring, 5 3/4-inch, 46-ring, 4 1/2 inch, and 52-ring, 6 1/8 inch sizes. Prices at Alan Wong range from $15 to $40 for the larger size.
So after a really fine Hawaiian meal, you can pick a cigar from a very uncommon source: Hawaii. As you smoke it, you can summon up remembrance of repast past.
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By Army Cpl. Dong-weon Kim
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DAEGU, South Korea, June 19, 2014 – Soldiers from the United States Army's 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command and Republic of Korea Army's 5th Logistics Support Command cleaned up the Apsan Memorial Park here June 18 in recognition of Republic of Korea Remembrance Month.
The two commands have been cleaning the memorial together in June for the past five years. The month of June is a designated memorial period for all Koreans as well as the anniversary of the outbreak of the 1950-53 Korean War. This year, a total of 64 soldiers from the two commands participated.
"Commemorating the month of remembrance, the 5th LSC has been partnering with the 19th ESC since 2008," said Master Sgt. Jung Goang-ho, 5th LSC G4 logistic support controller. "I hope soldiers from the two countries understand each other's culture and establish a better sense of our history."
After a morning formation, U.S. soldiers and Korean Augmentation to the United States Army, or KATUSAs, marched to the Apsan Memorial Park with their cleaning equipment. Soon after, South Korean soldiers from the 5th LSC arrived to the park wearing their green uniforms.
Before the cleanup, Sgt. Maj. Prentiss E. Hall, 19th ESC operations and plans sergeant major, and the 5th LSC's command sergeant major, Command Sgt. Maj. Sin Young-jik, honored the war dead with a ceremonial offering. Soldiers in the formation rendered their salutes in respect to fallen heroes.
Soldiers from the two countries divided into their respective groups. As the day progressed, however, the teams began integrating with one another, ultimately working together as a single unit. KATUSAs served as translators and soon both sides were interacting with their counterparts and learning about each country's military courtesies.
"It was my first time seeing a U.S. Army soldier and a very new experience to work with them," said Pfc. Lee Sung-min, 32nd Supply Battalion, 5th LSC petroleum specialist. "If I have the chance, I would like to engage in a combined exercise with the U.S. Army."
For the second time during his military service, Sgt. Son Hong-keun, 19th ESC information technology specialist, took part in this cleanup.
"Compared to when I was a private last year, I have learned better to appreciate the war fighters who have protected our country. It is an honor to clean up the memorial park and respect their selfless service," Son said.
Although soldiers learn to work together during formal training exercises, events such as this allow an opportunity for them to bond while paying their sincere respect to the warriors that have gone before them. It is this shared commitment that enables the two countries to work side-by-side and be prepared to "Go Together" when the time comes.


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Manufacturer Innovative Converged Devices (ICD) has released the specifications for a sleek and sexy touchscreen tablet onto which it plans to install the Eclair edition of Google's Android OS.
ICD's Vega will run Android 2.0 and come in 7in, 11in and 15in screen sizes
Vega measures 373 x 254 x 16mm and sports a gorgeous 15.6in, 1366 x 768 resistive touchscreen display. The gadget's intended purpose isn't clear, but ICD said Vega's features extend to music, gaming and on-demand web video.
Given that Vega can also be rested against an angled magnetic docking station, Register Hardware thinks it would make the perfect web-connected small screen for a living room corner, kitchen or study.
Speaking of web connectivity, it's sad to see that Vega doesn't support 802.11n – just b and g. ICD said that 3G connectivity will be an optional extra on Vega, although Bluetooth 2.1 will be included as standard.
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The user-facing 1.3Mp webcam should see Vega become your easy-access webcam of choice, while integrated internal speakers could also see it used as a handy alternative to your home stereo. The 3.5mm headphone jack does seem a little unnecessary, though, but we're not complaining.
It's still unclear which media formats Vega will support, but ICD said that data will be stored on Micro SD cards of up to 32GB.
ICD is also keeping pretty tight-lipped about what powers Vega, stating only that the Android device includes one of Nvidia's Tegra "computer-on-a-chip" processors and 512MB of DDR memory.
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Sometimes perception isn't reality.
The most sought-after beers in Massachusetts have similar packaging and prices. The much-loved hazy and juicy IPAs that so many seek out come in 16-ounce cans, and will frequently push, or cross, the $20 limit for a four-pack or six-pack.
It's to the point that if a beer is cheap, there must be something wrong with it.
There are several breweries that make beers that dispel that myth, but none more so than Fort Hill Brewing of Easthampton, who are brewing some of the best – and cheapest – beers you can find on liquor store shelves today.
I visited Fort Hill's farm brewery last year and fell in love with it. It was one of my favorite stops of the whole year. At the time, they were specializing in German-style lagers – a personal favorite.
Recently, their beers have shown up on shelves at stores. Along with their Hera Pils (German-style pilsner), several IPAs are among their offerings.
Jigsaw Jazz, Fort Hill's 9.3 percent alcohol by volume (ABV), double IPA is easily the biggest beer bargain you'll ever find. A four-pack in 12-ounce cans costs $8.50. Think about that price. It's impossible to find a beer of that quality for that price. It's so good it almost feels like stealing.
If Jigsaw Jazz came in 16-ounce cans and a brewery-only release, it's the kind of beer people would probably line up to pay $18 for. Fans of modern New England IPAs, do yourself a favor, buy this beer.
That's not the only good IPA from Fort Hill. Fresh Pick IPA and their IPA brewed with grapefruit, G-Fresh, are excellent. The Fresh Pick was so good I bought it for a neighbor as a thank you for some snowblowing.
In other Massachusetts beer news, the Gardner Alehouse has started distributing its beers under the Moon Hill Brewing Company label.
This comes at welcome news. I've been a big fan of Gardner Alehouse's beers from the beginning, but the service has been shoddy when I've visited the bustling brewpub in downtown Gardner. Now that I can get it on draft at various bars, I'm very happy.
Moon Hill has offered a wide variety of beers on draft so far, including Oma's Altbier, Chair City Pale Ale, Month of Sundays English bitter, Pufnstuf double IPA and Chunk Norris imperial stout.
Weymouth's Barrel Houze Z brewery has announced the release of its latest beer, Adeline, described as a "rich, chocolaty, roasted stout."
The 8.8 percent ABV stout will be available on draft and in 4-packs in select locations.
The beer is brewed by Chris Webster, who left his career as a microbiologist to become a brewer. The beer is named after his daughter.
The beer itself is aged in American whiskey barrels for 30 days before it is packaged. The barrels add a "hint of caramel and oak as well as just a whisper of whiskey," the brewery says.
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